What other animals reside in your house?

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Just our 3 little ones below, but I'd love to have a ton more.....just can't talk Jerry into it.............spoil sport! (if I really wanted more, I'd just go ahead and get them, but I know $$ wise, 3 is our limit for now)
 

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Obviously, my three furbabies below...then there are 2 fancy goldfish, Arwen and Aragorn (my daughter is a huge LOTR fan!), 1 regular plecostomus named Nicolas, and 2 snails in that tank named Shelly and Swirl...then we have another smaller tank with my Betta guy, Nemo-san and his buddy, Gary the snail (named afer SpongeBob's snail). We're about to get some ghost shrimp, too. Oh yeah, and then there's Ratcliff. He's been with us for 3 years. We actually took him with us when we moved
I had a devil of a time catching him, but I finally caught him and put him in a jar and brought him to our new apartment last October, where he seems to be doing quite well, living in my daughter's sink. He lived in my sink in our other apartment. He only comes out at night, so we don't use that sink after dinner - that's a rule


Here is a pic of little Cliffy:



And here's a pic of Frodo hanging with his buddies:

 

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Originally Posted by quinstar

A similar thread was posted about a year ago, but I wanted to see where everyone was at right now. What else do you provide a home for beside your cat(s).

In addition to Sheba I have a 4.5 foot red-tailed boa constrictor named Stony. He's just a month or so over 1 year old. I also have 3 mice (long story on why I have a snake and mice, I'd be happy to share it though if you want), Squishy, Tawny, and Hershey.

That is my little family as of right now. I've been thinking about possibly getting a bulldog in a year or so, but I haven't made up my mind. Tell us about all of your other darlings.
I'm curios about the snake and mice combo - do share please!

We have four cats and 3 goldfish - Sam, Pippin and Merry. We had a Frodo as well but alas he died...
 
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Originally Posted by Anne

I'm curios about the snake and mice combo - do share please!
Well, I normally feed Stony frozen mice, though, when I'm at college, my roomies don't want frozen mice in the freezer. So I have to get live mice. My s/o had to pick up mice for me one day cause I had to work and when he got to the house there was only one mouse in the box. He thought that the pet store messed up and only gave him one, but a few days later he was closing his car door and a little white mouse ran out from under his seat and looked at him. Well, I didn't have the heart to feed the brave little mouse to my snake, so I decided to keep her and named her Squishy. Come to find out a few weeks later, she saw going to be a mommy. She had 10 little pink jelly beans. There was no way I was going to have 11 mice, so when they were old enough I took 8 of them and gave them to a local pet store, but I decided to keep two of the girls so that Squishy would have some friends. Hence, Tawny and Hershey. It's safe to say that they don't live in the same room as Stony.
 

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Originally Posted by quinstar

Well, I normally feed Stony frozen mice, though, when I'm at college, my roomies don't want frozen mice in the freezer. So I have to get live mice. My s/o had to pick up mice for me one day cause I had to work and when he got to the house there was only one mouse in the box. He thought that the pet store messed up and only gave him one, but a few days later he was closing his car door and a little white mouse ran out from under his seat and looked at him. Well, I didn't have the heart to feed the brave little mouse to my snake, so I decided to keep her and named her Squishy. Come to find out a few weeks later, she saw going to be a mommy. She had 10 little pink jelly beans. There was no way I was going to have 11 mice, so when they were old enough I took 8 of them and gave them to a local pet store, but I decided to keep two of the girls so that Squishy would have some friends. Hence, Tawny and Hershey. It's safe to say that they don't live in the same room as Stony.
what a cute story! that was so nice of you to save that poor little mouse!!!!
 

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I have Dori, and 2 fish tanks. In the big tank there are 2 cichlids, and 2 algae eaters. All those fish were inherited from our downstairs neighbor who was moving and had no place for the fish
Then in the other fishtank I have 2 goldfish.
 

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Wow! So many different kinds of pets! We have 2 cats, Mac & Emma, one Beta, Senor Rojo (he's red) and a second aquarium with two elderly glass fish, three zebra danios, three cherry barbs and one algae eater who we affectionaly call Prince Algenon because he lives in the castle. Prince Algenon also has a blue-glass rock that he "plays" with by batting it around the aquarium. Emma, our youngest cat, loves to play with Prince Alegnon. I swear, that fish knows he's playing hide-and-seek with that cat!
 

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Besides the cats, we have 4 ferrets (3 males-Ozzy, Shoops and Jasper and 1 female- Droxy) and a rat (Owen).


But within the last year we lost 2 ferrets, a cockateil and an anole lizard
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Ok...we just added 3 new residents: Spook, Casper and Shrimp. Three ghost shrimp to help the ecosystem of the fish tanks. I fed them some frozen (thawed) blood worms and they sucked them up like spaghetti. And because their wee bodies are transparent, you could see the bright red go all the way through them! Cool!
 

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Originally Posted by DiMa

Ok...we just added 3 new residents: Spook, Casper and Shrimp. Three ghost shrimp to help the ecosystem of the fish tanks. I fed them some frozen (thawed) blood worms and they sucked them up like spaghetti. And because their wee bodies are transparent, you could see the bright red go all the way through them! Cool!
Wow - that sounds cool! Are they cold water or warm water creatures? Will they fit in a cold water aquarium with goldfish? how do they help the ecosystem?
 

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Right now I have three cats and two Betta fish. In a year, when I get married and move out, I will have two cats (leaving one with the P's),at least two Bettas, and one corn snake. I want to add a gecko and a guinea pig. My fiancee is fine with adding a gecko, but I don't think the G.P will go over well!! I would LOVE to get a Beagle dog too, but our apartment doesn't allow dogs
 

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Just my little Stinky cat right now. When we move out of our apartment, we will probably be getting a dog (either a chihuahua or a Jack Russell Terrier). I would love more cats, but the BF doesn't approve yet, and I don't want to stress Stinky out too much before or after we move.
 

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Funny story about ghost shrimp. Ok well maybe not funny but....we had a goldfish tank,some goldfish were HUGE,anyhow i bought ghost shrimp and my goldfish had them for a snack!

We have 2 cats Fluffy and Socks. 2 Zebra Finches:Beep and Peep and 1 Canary:Sunshine.
 
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